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M. (Margo Sybranda Everdina) Scharten-Antink
1868–1957
A Dutch novelist and poet known for vivid, realistic storytelling, she first won readers with early fiction such as Sprotje and later collaborated closely with her husband, Carel Scharten. Her career stretched from the late 19th century into the mid-20th, and even included an Olympic bronze medal for literature.
3 Audiobooks
Sprotje heeft een dienst
by M. (Margo Sybranda Everdina) Scharten-Antink
Sprotje
by M. (Margo Sybranda Everdina) Scharten-Antink
Sprotje's verder leven
by M. (Margo Sybranda Everdina) Scharten-Antink
About the author
Born in Zutphen in 1868, Margo Sybranda Everdina Scharten-Antink was a Dutch writer who published poetry and prose. She began writing young, and Dutch literary sources note that she debuted as a girl with a feuilleton in the Bergen-op-Zoomse Courant.
She became especially known for realistic fiction, with Sprotje often singled out as one of her best-known works. In 1902 she married the writer Carel Scharten, and the two later wrote several novels together, becoming a notable literary partnership in Dutch letters.
Later in life she lived in Florence, where she died in 1957. A striking footnote to her career came in 1928, when she and Carel Scharten won a bronze medal in the Amsterdam Olympic art competitions for De nar uit Maremmen.